How to Prepare Tasty Monk’s Vegan Soup ‘Kenchin-jiru’

Monk’s Vegan Soup ‘Kenchin-jiru’. This soup is called ‘Kenchin-jiru’ in Japan. It is originally a Buddhist dish and vegan. Vegetable base stock, such as Shiitake Mushroom OR Kombu (Kelp), is used for this soup.

Monk’s Vegan Soup ‘Kenchin-jiru’ Kenchinjiru (けんちん汁) is a hearty plant-based Japanese soup that’s made with a vegan shiitake mushroom and konbu stock. Loaded with veggies and protein, it’s a delicious one-pot meal that will take the chill out of even the coldest of days. Kenchinjiru is a flavorful vegan soup created originally as a Buddhist temple cuisine (精進料理) with root vegetables and What is Kenchinjiru? You can cook Monk’s Vegan Soup ‘Kenchin-jiru’ using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Monk’s Vegan Soup ‘Kenchin-jiru’

  1. It’s of Sesame Oil.
  2. You need of Carrot.
  3. It’s of Daikon (White Radish).
  4. It’s of Satoimo (small Taros) *OR 1 large Potato.
  5. You need of Gobo (Burdock Root) *optional.
  6. It’s of Salt.
  7. Prepare of Soy Sauce.
  8. You need of Ground Chilli OR finely ground White Pepper *optional.
  9. You need of Tofu *medium firm type such as ‘Momen’.
  10. You need of Abura-age (Fried Thin Tofu).
  11. It’s of & 1/2 cups Water.
  12. Prepare of Spring Onion *finely shopped.
  13. It’s of Kombu (Kelp).
  14. It’s of .
  15. You need of Dried Shiitake.
  16. You need of *Note: You can use 1 heaped teaspoon Dashi Powder instead.

Kenjinjiru or sometimes spelled as Kenchin-jiru (“jiru” means soup in Japanese) derived its name “Kenchin” from. Kenchinjiru (けんちん汁) is a Vegan Japanese Soup recipe that’s made with a plant-based shiitake and konbu dashi stock. This savory vegan dashi is loaded with. Kenchinjiru traditionally is vegan, but I’ve seen many recipes that use a fish-based dashi or even add chicken to the soup.

Monk’s Vegan Soup ‘Kenchin-jiru’ step by step

  1. Prepare the stock first. Place cold Water in a bowl, add cleaned Kombu (Kelp) and Dried Shiitake, and soak for at least 1-2 hours. Softened Shiitake can be cut into small pieces and added to the soup later..
  2. *Note: Do not add the softened Kombu to the soup. Kombu will get slimy and unpleasant flavour will come out. Use it for something else..
  3. Cut all Vegetables and Tofu into small pieces that are easy to eat. Finely cut Spring Onion for topping..
  4. Heat Sesame Oil in a large saucepan or pot, stir-fry Vegetables for a few minutes. Add 1 pinch Salt to season..
  5. Add 3 cups Kombu (Kelp) and Shiitake stock. (*Avoid the dirt and settlings.) Bring to the simmer and cook for 10 minutes. Season with Soy Sauce and cook until all vegetables are soft..
  6. *Note: I add 1 pinch Ground Chilli OR White Pepper for a hint of spiciness. This is totally untraditional, but I like it..
  7. When Vegetables are soft, add Abura-age (Fried Thin Tofu) and Tofu, and bring back to the boil. Then it’s done!.
  8. Sprinkle with finely chopped Spring Onion and enjoy..

My favorite kenchinjiru is made by my sweet friend Noriko, so when we visited her family this past April I put in a special request for her to. Japanese Vegetable Soup (Kenchinjiru) is quite filling but has very low calories. Japanese Vegetable Soup (Kenchinjiru) was originally a Buddhist dish that is vegetarian. Root vegetables and tofu are sautéed and cooked in flavoured dashi broth. Kenchinjiru was originally eaten by Buddhist monks — now you can eat it at home.

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